651 Quotes by Joe Abercrombie

Men are brittle, I reckon. They don’t bend into new shapes. They get broken into them. Crushed into them.

There was the very slightest pause. Probably no more than a breath, for all it felt far longer. While everyone assessed the odds and the outcomes. While everyone judged just where the shifting power sat. While everything dropped into place in Dimbik’s mind and, no doubt, the minds of every other person present. Just a breath, and everything was rearranged.

That’s what an idiot does when he gets angry. He destroys whatever’s nearest, even if it’s his own house!

Trust. It was a word that only liars used. A word the truthful had no need of.

As for being a good man,’ and Glokta curled his lip, ’that ship sailed long ago, and I wasn’t even there to wave it off.

Never thought o’ myself as a man who fills sacks with heads.” “No one sets off in that direction,” said Clover, puffing out his cheeks one more time. “But before you know it, there you bloody are.

Vengeance can feel fine, but it’s a luxury. It doesn’t fill your belly, or keep the rain off.

Believe it or not, we all want what’s best. The root o’ the world’s ills is that no one can agree on what it is.

Watching a man’s entrails spilling out is excellent entertainment, but the sight of his cock, well, that would be obscene.